Following are NOT Accepted: New TVET certificates documenting levels of achievement.

Special notice to Somalia applicants.

Somalia winners educational or work experiences can't be verified by the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa. Without such verification, it may not be possible to process such cases to completion.

Educational requirements are determined by the U.S. immigration law, and are not determined by the Embassy in Addis Ababa.

Results.

DV-2015 participants can check their results online from 01st of May 2014.

The non refundable visa fees for the greencard lottery is US$ 330 for the primary applicant and each of his dependant too must pay the same amount as processing fees and must attend the visa interview along with the primary applicant on the day of the interview at the Embassy, if there are any dependants.

All those who had received the visas through the name selection draw, must pay another US$ 165 to the USCIS office through their online payment way.

The Next draw is expected to be named as DV-2016 and it may accept entries in this year - 2014